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Can Brd9-blocking drugs prevent calcium deposits in blood vessels?King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
Blood vessels must be able to stretch and contract to maintain blood pressure. However, in some people, especially the elderly and people with kidney failure, the blood vessels can become filled with calcium deposits that make them rigid li...
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Powerful herbs and spices: 25 alternatives to salt and sugar
Discover 25 herbs and spices that are wonderful alternatives to salt and sugar. Take your cooking to a new level while keeping your heart healthy.
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New models to understand vascular dementiaUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Karen Horsburgh
Professor Karen Horsburgh from the University of Edinburgh is studying cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), which causes about a quarter of strokes and is a leading cases of vascular dementia. Currently we do not understand what causes SVD ...
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Tackling health inequalities through research
Professor Vijay Kunadian tells us how her pioneering research aims to confront health inequalities.
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Food labels explained
From portion information to traffic light colours. Understand front-of-pack food labels, and how they can help you make heart-healthy choices more easily.
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How are immune cells involved in plaque development?University of Cambridge | Dr Andrew Sage
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Andrew Sage is studying how different parts of our immune system play a role in boosting or reducing plaque development in atherosclerosis. As atherosclerosis happens, blood vessels become ‘...
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Sepsis: signs, symptoms and new treatments
Dr Leanne Grech explains what sepsis is, who is at risk and how BHF-funded researchers are working to stop the damage it causes.
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Pinpointing the proteins that promote atherosclerosisLancaster University | Professor David Middleton
Deposits of amyloid protein are probably better known for being involved in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. But there is increasing evidence that these amyloid ‘plaques’ also accumulate with the fatty deposits that ...
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The Big Stitch is back and challenging the nation to get crafty
During lockdown, many members of the public have been busy picking up new crafty hobbies, from upcycling furniture to giving a well-loved T-shirt an overhaul. Now, launching on 1st October for one month, The Big Stitch is encouraging shoppers to pop to their nearest British Heart Foundation (BHF) charity shop, buy an item and use their skills and creativity to give it a new look, to help raise funds for life saving research.
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A sunny way to treat high blood pressureUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Richard Weller
Dr Richard Weller is working out if exposure to sunlight can help people reduce their blood pressure and risk of heart disease and stroke. We already know that too much sunlight can increase our risk of developing skin cancer, but there ...